spam.assassin.prefs.conf split into 2

[Anthony Peacock]

Hi,

> I think this is a bad idea, and it should be kept as 1 file for 
ease
> of use. I am going to have to hear very good reasons to split this
> file into 2.
> 
> As MailScanner calls SpamAssassin as the same user all the time,
> people only using SA through MS have no real concept of what is a
> per-user setting and what is not. They will never know which file to
> put a setting into, and will probably put it in both to be sure.

I can't think of a good reason to have two files.  The only time you 
might want this is if you wanted to tweak some settings only when MS 
was running, but I really can't see an occasion where this would be 
likely.

-- 
Anthony Peacock       
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW:    http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take
it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the
best interest." - Benjamin Franklin

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